Barry Ritholtz, author of the soon-to-be-published book, “Bailout Nation,” might have summed up the nation’s financial crisis and subsequent government bailout efforts best when he wrote, “Go figure: WWII was a relative bargain.” In a post published yesterday on his blog, The Big Picture, Ritholtz reveals research findings that show the government’s $7.75 trillion in [...]
Author: World War II Was a ‘Relative Bargain’
November 26th, 2008 · No Comments
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Five Ways Today’s Liberals Would Have Screwed Up the Louisiana Purchase
April 30th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Today, after visiting the American Minute and reading about the 205th anniversary of the Louisiana Purchase, I began to ponder how things might have turned out if today’s liberals had been in charge of Congress at the time. I came up with Five Ways Today’s Congressional Liberals Would Have Screwed Up the Louisiana Purchase: 1. [...]
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